Two and a half months since euphoria at Wembley, we head back under the arch. The same opponents again. A Manchester derby. Not quite a heavyweight rematch. The Community Shield rather than the FA Cup. But a game with meaning, a chance to lay down a marker, to use that old football cliché: to notch a statement victory.

In this episode of the Manchester United Weekly Podcast, hosts Harry Robinson and Jack Tait preview Saturday’s derby and make their predictions for the season as a whole. There's also unrivalled insight into the new crop of Academy players entering U18s football this year and our Patrons get a bonus Q&A with plenty more topics to debate.

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Plus, we have the first part of an exclusive chat with Paul Scholes, who's playing in the next Legends match on 7 September, against Celtic Legends at Old Trafford. The second part will come in a couple of weeks, with Scholes discussing Kobbie Mainoo in detail.

Our Patrons get an extra 20 minutes of conversation on fixture congestion, United Women and whether there's any chance United could be involved in a title race and, if so, for how long.

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